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DEFINITION: To pose, or posture, in a distinctive manner in order to express one's cultural affinities -- may be accompanied by awkward gestures.
Verboticisms
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Remybod
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: remy-both
Sentence: look around, all the people want is remybod
Etymology: read my body
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COMMENTS:
Send me some reading glasses... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:07:00
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Goofinity
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: goo-fen-ity
Sentence: My goofinity was immortalized in my yearbook picture.
Etymology:
Jaggerstagger
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: JAG-er-stag-er
Sentence: Jim jaggerstaggered into the room, screaming "Are we ready to rock?" at the top of his lungs. His daughter was mortified, and her mother-in-law-to-be dropped her Bible.
Etymology: Mick Jagger + stagger
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COMMENTS:
and ... and ... what happened next?!!! - egonschiela, 2007-01-29: 15:32:00
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Oddel
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: awd-uhl
Sentence: The Kevin Federline wannabes stood oddeling their skinny white bodies outside the 7-eleven.
Etymology: odd + model
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COMMENTS:
Very Good! It's also like yodelling with making a sound... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 10:40:00
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Chimposture
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: chim-PAWS-tuhr
Sentence: "Yo, dawg! you gots to sport your ipod, like banging! You is all schlumped ovah." Allie sighed. It seems she would never get the hang of proper chimposturing at her new school. Life had been so much simpler at St. Margaret's.
Etymology: Chimp (anzee) + (im) posture
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COMMENTS:
This is good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:04:00
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Pusstillate
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pus-sti-late
Sentence: I pusstillate so you can see what I'm saying.
Etymology: puss+ postulate
Suburgang
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: sub-urg-ang
Sentence: He planned to suburgang it up in his fraternity's house picture.
Etymology: suburb + gang, rich kids throwing gang signs
Gesturemote
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: jest-yer-e-mote
Sentence: Frank and Carla are both drama queens and will always sprinkle their conversations with gesturemotes, dramatic flairs intended to 'punctuate' their expressions of their points of view.
Etymology: Blend of 'gesture' (a movement of part of the body, esp. a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning) and 'emote' (portray emotion in a theatrical manner)
Jerksticulate
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: jerk stick u late
Sentence: The sideline announcer was virtually invisible as posing fans jerksticulated before the camera.
Etymology: Jerk (noun and verb) + gesticulate
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COMMENTS:
Oooh. I hadn't seen this one when I made mine ("gesdickulate"). Sorry. - Osomatic, 2007-01-29: 13:46:00
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Befrontery
Created by: smokey
Pronunciation: bee + FRUNT + urh + ee
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- smokey, 2007-01-29: 11:58:00
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